HYMENOPTERA. 
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HYMENOPTERA 
By E. C. Rye. 
List of Publications. 
B ALLION, E. Ueber Tenthredo flavicornis und T. luteicornis. 
Bull. Mosc. xlii. pp. 441-448. 
Contains elucidation of synonymy, and a list of omissions 
(cbiefly spp. described by Eversmann in Bull. Mosc. 1847) from 
Kircliner^s Cat. Hymenopt. Europse. 
Bassett, H. F. Galls found on plants of the genus Rubus. 
Canad. Ent. ii. pp. 98-100. 
Contains descriptions of two new species of Diastrophm, 
from N. America. 
Bendel, H. Die Pflege der Biene bei den Rdmern. Ber. St. 
Gall. Gcs. 18G9,p. et seq. 
An interesting compilation of scattered accounts by different 
authors. 
Butschli, O. Zur Entwicklungsgescbiclite der Biene. Z. wiss. 
Zool. XX. pp. 519-564, Taf. xxiv.-xxvii. 
The author enters very minutely into the development of the 
various internal and external organs of the larva oiApis mellifica, 
from the earliest obtainable embryo. The different stages, with 
much highly magnified detail, are illustrated by four very clear 
and copiously annotated plates. 
Chevrier, Frederic. Description do quelqucs Hymenopteres 
du Bassin du Leman. Mitth. schw. ent. Ges. iii. pp. 265- 
276. 
Seven new species are described in this paper. 
Costa, Aciiille. Prospetto sistematico degli imenotteri italiani, 
da servire di Prodromo della Imenotterologia Italiana. 
Ann. Mus. Nap. v. 1865 (pub. in 1869), pp. 60-116. 
In continuation of his proposed Prodromus (the 1st part of 
which, published in 1867, contained an analytical table of the 
aculeate Hymenopteraj and of the subfamilies of the Crahronidm, 
treating the SphegideSy Larrides, and Bembecides in detail, as 
regards the Italian species), the author describes the Italian spe- 
cies of the NyssonideSj Philanthides, and MellinideSj of which 15 
are treated as new. 
CouPER, William. Remarks on the history and architec- 
ture of the Wood paper-making Wasps. Canad. Ent. ii. 
pp. 49-53. 
Treats of the economy of the American Vespa maculata and 
V. germanica. 
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